There will be a process of a country's strength, weakness, and decline, which can often be reflected in the structure of society, including the living conditions and quality of the people, and so on.
The reason for the success of the Li clan was that the various brains of the rulers accelerated the weakening of the country, and if there were external forces to invade, it would collapse from the inside without more than three waves of resistance.
And the process of disintegration can be learned from previous history, which is nothing more than a group of traitorous ministers who stirred up trouble and killed some Gancheng who really served the country, causing a lot of smart people to look for a way back, and the chain effect is, of course, to bring the country to extinction.
No one has said the phrase "look at history and know the rise and fall", but the approximate sentence is estimated to exist.
But what if you know, it's like a lot of people know that it's wrong to do something, and the problem is to do the wrong thing.
Gong Zhuang found his friend as he wished, his friend was called Zhang Liang, who had the same surname and name as Liuhou, and was one of the prominent clans in Lingling.
If the Lingling Zhang family belongs to a third-rate family according to the division of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and in a remote place like Lingling, the existing family is basically not strong, and it is generally a family that can gain a firm foothold in the imperial capital to appear to be powerful.
"The principals of the imperial court are now the ruler of the state and the governor of Xiedu."
Zhang Liang has never compared himself with Liuhou, and it should be the family elders who are full of expectations for this name.
He is a mediocre-looking person, but as the head of a family, he has a good temperament, and said with a smile: "If what Ziwei said is true, Liang will naturally be introduced." ” The real fact is that Zhang Liang can't actually go to Chu Li or Xie Shi in person, that is because there is a gap between his identity and family background, he can only find some families with higher quality and better strength, and ventilate layer after layer, as for whether Chu Li and Xie Shi want to see Gong Zhuang is another matter.
Gong Zhuang didn't say that he wanted to hand over the Li family's Chenghan like a piece of fat directly to the Eastern Jin Dynasty small court, but according to the agreement with Chang Xuan and others, he first mentioned that the Li family's Chenghan wanted to be a vassal state of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to test his attitude.
The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty now has no vassal state at all, and the country is facing a strong challenge, maybe this level will be finished if it can't be passed.
With the existence of Zhang Liang, Gong Zhuang met many heads of various families in Changsha who also led the family's private soldiers.
Each of these family heads has large and small official positions, the reason is that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has recently carried out the activity of "official position broadcasting", but all the families who have contributed have been awarded official titles and made wishes.
Gong Zhuang, who didn't know why, was actually surprised to learn that as long as he was a family head, he was actually very surprised, he only thought that this was the welfare of the family under the rule of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and couldn't help but think: The families in Shu took refuge in the Jin family, which is right.
Behind is Zhang Liang personally took Gong Zhuang to Jiankang, they set off from Changsha, planning to take the Jiangzhou route into Yangzhou, and finally arrived in Jiankang.
The group was not in a hurry, and even Zhang Liang was still free to take Gong Zhuang to Dongting Lake to play, the scenery was naturally good, but what he heard and saw along the way made Gong Zhuang feel the preparation of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty even more.
Zhang Liang needs to ventilate to Jiankang's side first, so that the small court can be psychologically prepared, and the reason why he will take Gong Zhuang to hurry slowly is naturally to wait for the powerful people on Jiankang's side to respond.
"Presumably Ziwei has an impression of the strength of the puppet Han army" Zhang Liang felt that he needed to say something, standing on the bow of the boat and turning to look at Gong Zhuang, with a sea of reeds in Dongting Lake in the background.
He said: "The puppet Han waved more than 400,000 troops, and the imperial court could not afford not to pay attention to it. ” Gong Zhuang nodded, he now felt that finding the Han State was just the reason why he waved 60,000 troops to invade the Li clan into Han, and it turned out that the army was Chen Bing on the border of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
However, in fact, the Han army of Chen Bing on the border of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was not as much as 400,000 at all, and it was less than 300,000 when it was counted as auxiliary personnel and necessary people, and the number of troops participating in the invasion was 200,000.
"The rise of the puppet Han has not been long, but the military strength is extremely strong.
In the past four years, the great Zhao State has been beaten back step by step, and only the state and Shuozhou have survived" The reason why Zhang Liang explained these was that the mobilization of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was too great, and it seemed that it had done everything in mobilization.
He said with a smile: "If the country is as strong as Zhao, it is powerless to parry, and the imperial court has to be cautious to attract Zhuyue and Zhuman." ” Gong Zhuang still nodded, he came from the southwest, and he had a deep impression of Zhu Yue and Zhu Man's appearance in the territory of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
"If you can use Zhuyue and Zhuman, it will be difficult to restrain some things."
Zhang Liang said that the Yue and barbarians were wreaking havoc among the people, and when he said it, he didn't take it seriously at all, but said more proudly: "When Zhu Yue and Zhu Barbarians go to the north, the imperial court will be armed." ” Zhang Liang wanted to show off the national strength of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so that Gong Zhuang thought that it was the right thing for the Li family to become a Han dynasty to take refuge, and he simply forgot that it was the Jin family who armed the Hu people who caused the fall of the Central Plains, and he was not afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past again.
Gong Zhuang thought about the Yongjia Rebellion, but he didn't think about the people who were sacrificed.
In the eyes of the family, only the existence of the same status can be regarded as a human being, and the people can only be tools in their eyes.
Therefore, the people are lucky that they are not watched by the family, and once the people enter the family's field of vision, then there will be absolutely nothing good, either being used or sacrificed.
In summer, there are unimaginably many mosquitoes in Dongting Lake, and the painting boat has to be blocked by a gauze tent, and it floats on the lake, bursts of vocal music are ringing, and there are female concubines dancing gracefully in the music.
The painting boat is a huge ship, with at least 1,000 materials in units, and according to the modern tonnage, it is 325 tons.
It is divided into five levels, with two levels within the cabin and three above the water level.
There are two levels below, the lowest level of the bilge is used to store some supplies as ballast cargo to keep the ship balanced, and the second level is the sailor's quarters.
The first floor above is a rest floor and kitchen rooms for retinues and maidens, the second floor is a rest room for nobles and entertainment venues, and the third floor is semi-open-air.
According to the division of the building boat, in fact, the painting boat is only a two-story boat, Gong Zhuang can look out through the gauze tent, the number of boats is of course the largest, the number of small boats is also a lot, the second floor boat and the third floor boat can be seen from time to time, I can't help but think that the shipbuilding capacity of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is not bad.
In fact, the shipbuilding capacity of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is really quite good, and there are at least hundreds of ships that can be called ships every year, that is, there are too many water systems south of the Yangtze River, and there are far more people who go out to take boats than by land.
There are too many mountains and mountainous areas by land, not to mention that you often need to climb mountains, and most of the mountainous areas are deserted, which is not safe, on the contrary, the waterways with more people are safer.
The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty can now see obvious polarization, the more south and southwest the region, because of the ravages of Zhuyue and Zhuman, the people seem to suffer a lot, but the family that controls most of the resources still eats and drinks, and even has to be accompanied by wind and snow, and singing and dancing.
Zhang Liang and Gong Zhuang were entertained by a well-known local family, and the painting boat was the property of the Luo family, which was specially used to pull guests around Dongting Lake.
The vocal team and the female concubine are also domesticated, and these people usually don't do any work, just practice music and dance, which is the so-called non-production.
In terms of today's production level, it is difficult for ordinary families to raise a person who is not doing production, even if it is a family member who is a landlord and a strong family, they should work in the field, and raising a vocal team of nearly 20 people and a female concubine team of nearly 30 people is not something that ordinary families can afford, so it can be seen that the financial resources of the Luo family are not ordinary.
"It's not much, it's really not much, it's just 100,000 stone of rice for the imperial court."
Luo Yuan looked very rich, not only because he was too fat, but also because the silk clothes on his body were normal, and the beautiful jade, agate, jade, gold and silver that were used as ornaments were indispensable.
When he said 100,000 stone of rice, he was very casual, just like ten catties, and that casualness was definitely not a pretense, and he easily added: "If the court is in need, you can use it later." ” 100,000 stone of grain can provide 50,000 troops for at least one year, and saving some food can be done for two years.
The Luo clan alone provided 100,000 stone of grain for free, and the rest of the family will definitely come up with some of it, so it can be seen that the army of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty should not have to worry Gong Zhuang didn't pay much attention to Luo Yuan just now, and even if there was a literati Qinggao after being stunned, he had to look up at Luo Yuan.
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"The Luo clan is a big family in Jingzhou, and there are tens of thousands of acres of land under its name alone, and there are fleets that travel to and from the South China Sea in Linyi and Funan."
Zhang Liang lowered his voice and continued: "Linyi and Funan are rich in grain. ” What Gong Zhuang wants to know is: "How many sergeants have come out of the Luo clan?"
"According to the family's order, three thousand were produced."
Zhang Liang's family is out of a thousand, not including weapons and armor.
"It's a national battle," he said.
What kind of family should contribute how many troops is a strong request of the national ruler Chu Bao, and it is decided by the queen mother Chu Garlic in the end.
There is no shortage of families south of the Yangtze River who want to resist the invasion of the Han Kingdom, but there is no shortage of families who will take refuge when the Han army comes, and there are even more families at both ends of the snake and rat.
The war has not yet begun, as long as it is a family that has the ability to have a way, one of them has a branch to go to the Han Kingdom, the Chu family and the Sima royal family are really frightened, and there are few tough ways to come up with a set of routines that send troops or materials according to the order whether the families are willing or not, or many families have a way out, and the fresh relatives of the Chu family are not without a way out, or the Sima royal family has no way to retreat.
Shu is too closed, Gong Zhuang out of Shu after the time is basically spent on the road, did not have time to really understand the current situation of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, only when the family south of the Yangtze River is really united, said to Zhang Liang with feelings: "All the people are united in their hearts, unlike Shu, the Han army invaded less than three months, the soldiers who defected from the battle do not talk, the high-ranking officials and generals have many thieves, and the war is out of control." ” If Zhang Liang hadn't seen Gong Zhuang's serious face, he would definitely think that Gong Zhuang was mocking.
Like many people, his family also has branches to go to the Han Kingdom, of course, the reality of the situation can't be told to Gong Zhuang, and he wants to hide his embarrassment and say something else, so he suddenly came back to his senses and asked: "The war is so rotten that it can't be controlled" Gong Zhuang also missed his mouth for a moment, and quickly diverted the topic.
Zhang Liang was paying attention, and he felt that it was necessary to find out what the current situation of Li Chenghan was.
The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had a plan to invade the Li family and the Han dynasty two years earlier, not forced by the Han state, nor was it only Huan Wen who was dominant, there was such a force that really wanted to destroy the Li family and the Han dynasty.
The situation faced by the later countries changed again and again, and they only thought that they could block the Han State north of the Yangtze River, and how could they have any spare strength to attack the Li family and become Han.
After more than a month, Gong Zhuang finally arrived in Jiankang, he was not less entertained on the way here, and fully realized that the family on the side of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty can play better than the Shudi family, and the quality of life is also as luxurious as possible.
Of course, Gong Zhuang, who entered Jiankang, did not immediately see enough people, and he hadn't even heard news from Shu for three months.
At the same time, Xie Shi returned to Jiankang, and he personally came to the palace to find Chu Garlic to urge reinforcements.
"There are more than 100,000 Han troops in front of Shouchun alone, and they have already begun to sharpen their knives" Xie Shi should be too under too much psychological pressure and busy enough, looking very thin, he glanced at Chu Li beside him, turned his eyes to Chu Garlic behind the gauze tent, and said: "Huaishui is also full of Han army sailors" Chu Li is full of sadness, Xie Shi is in charge of the Shouchun front has not started for the time being, some time ago the Han army occupied Badong, the north of Jingzhou to the south of the county line is also full of war, and even the sea in the east of Yangzhou began to appear Han fleet.
Chu Lianzi said in a soft voice: "The troops in the south are constantly gathering, and there will be reinforcements into Shouchun soon." ” Xie Shi still urged again and again, and talked about some requirements for armaments, such as the Jin army's big killer weapon, the Eight Horse Crossbow, which asked for as much as possible.
"There's something else going on."
Chu Li heard that Xie Shi wanted reinforcements, ordnance, and military rations, and his head was a little big, and he changed the topic and said: "The Shu family has Gong Zhuang as the representative, he is now in Jiankang, and he has learned that the ministers are calling the vassal false, and the Shu family is going to return to the court in an all-round way. ” "It's a good thing to be a year earlier."
Xie Shi frowned and said, "Now that the imperial court is facing an unprecedented war, how can you bother with it?"
A light cough came from the gauze tent, Chu Garlic was holding a copy of the information that had just been sent by someone in her hand, she was stunned when she read it, and she didn't know what Xie Shi and Chu Li were talking about just now, so she lost her voice and said: "Li Shi, please surrender, Huan Wen has destroyed Chengguo":